Is this laptop good for gaming, at $500 ?

[You2941]

Hi guys! I've been researching for a new laptop to buy preferably a cheap gaming laptop. My price limit is $500 and i have found a laptop that is exactly that price!

It is the Acer Aspire E5-421G-88JF

It has AMD graphics and processor, the reason this laptop caught my eye is that it seems to have a good price for it performance and it has a 7 hour battery life.

Specs:
-AMD A-Series A8-6410 (2.00GHz) (beats the i3)

-8GB Memory 1600 MHz

-1TB HDD

-AMD Radeon R5 M240 with 2 GB Dedicated

-1366 x 768

-Windows 8 64-Bit

So is this laptop good for running games?
assassins creed, skyrim, minecraft, Terraria, GTA 4 and 5, LoL, the forest, 7 days to die ect?

 

[hardikkchavda]

First thing first laptops aren't for gamings. Second thing laptops have mostly mobile processors for power saving.

If you want to play games like GTA 5 may be you can, but at low settings.

Do not expect high end gaming with lappys.

 

[You2941]

but some laptops are made for gaming aren't they? (asus g750 or the lenovo y50 but they are like $2000)

will this laptop run the games i listed?

 

[barto]

You are correct, some laptops are designed for gaming. However, those gaming laptops easily start at $1300USD and shoot up from there.

The graphics on the selected laptop are not going to get you very far.
http/www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R5-M240.126735.0.html

Note, for most laptops, what you buy is what you get. There's typically no ability to upgrade except for RAM. I personally would say buy a desktop just to have the ability to upgrade.

 

[You2941]

the problem i have is that i want to buy a laptop because it is portable meaning i can take it wherever i want and be able to play a reasonable amount of gaming and my price limit is $500, so would this laptop run games like assassins creed, skyrim, minecraft, Terraria, GTA 4 and 5, LoL, the forest, 7 days to die ????????

i thought 2 GB VRAM was good and why would the graphics be bad?

 

[barto]

the problem i have is that i want to buy a laptop because it is portable meaning i can take it wherever i want and be able to play a reasonable amount of gaming and my price limit is $500, so would this laptop run games like assassins creed, skyrim, minecraft, Terraria, GTA 4 and 5, LoL, the forest, 7 days to die ????????

i thought 2 GB VRAM was good and why would the graphics be bad?

Take a look and see what you can expect.
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It's not completely about VRAM. The graphic processor is also important. Think about it like a car. A SUV with small engine is going to struggle hauling a large load.